timtyler comments on Falsification - Less Wrong

3 Post author: TheatreAddict 12 March 2012 03:59AM

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Comment author: TheatreAddict 12 March 2012 10:25:47AM 0 points [-]

Yeah, he's trying to make the argument that Occam's Razor doesn't work. He insists he understand probability theory and how Occam's Razor works, but he still thinks it's an invalid argument.

I don't understand why. He's religious, and he says that Occam's Razor should prove God exists, then. Because it's easier to just say, "God did it." But I argued that God is a complex being.. ehh.

Comment author: timtyler 12 March 2012 12:27:35PM 1 point [-]

"goddidit" apparently predicts both A and NOT-A pretty well - so it isn't much use.